Any further communication should be addressed to--
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
(MARINE DEPARTMENT)
BOARD OF TRADE,
LONDON, S.W.
And the following letter and number should be quoted:--
M.T. 20410
Telegraphic Address. BOARD TRADE, MARINE,
LONDON.
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20518
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BOARD OF TRADE RECEIVED
RE: 14 NOV 90
(MARINE DEPARTMENT),
LONDON, S.W.,
13th November 1890.
Seamen Abroad,
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd instant transmitting, for their consideration,
a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, enclosing correspondence relating to the refusal of the Peninsular and Oriental Company to convey distressed British seamen except by such of their steamers as are dispatched direct to the United Kingdom.
In reply, I am to state that this Board are advised that the Masters...
The Under Secretary of State,
India and Colonial Office.